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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1862-09-25

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rrvj !V0I, VIII. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO .THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 18G2. NO 47 SE EOT POETRY. DANIEIi GRAY. in ibill ever win the boms in heaven For wbes sweat rest I bumbly bopo and I tbi great company ot the forgiven I (bill be tura to find old Daniel Gray, I knew biin well; in fact, few koew blm better; For my young eyei oil reid (or him tbe Word, And saw bow meekly from tbe crystal letter He drink the li.eofhis beloved Lord. Old Daniel Gray was not a man who lilted On ready wotds bis freight ol gratitude, And was rot called ipon among the gifted, Id tbe piayei'incetitige of btsneigbbtrhotd lie bad few old-laSbtoned words aud pbreses, Linked in with sacred testi and Buoday rbyincF; And I sopporo, tbat, ro 'bis prayers and graws, 'I've bcaid Hum all at least a thousand tiw.es. I see bitn now, bid form, and face, and i motions, ' nnJvhomespun babit, and bis silver bair, And haar tbe langoage ol bis trite devotions Rising behind tbe straight-bucked kitchen chair. I can remember how tbe sentence sounded, ' Uelp uj, 0 Lord, to pray, and not to faint!" Aod bow the ''conquering and'to-conquer" The loftier aspirations of the saint. lie bl some notions that did not improve him; He Dover kissed his children, so tbey say; And finest scenes and fairest flowers would move bim Less than a horseshoe picked up in the way. Be could see nought but vanity in beauty, And nought but weakness io a lond cares3, And pitied men whose views of Cbristta-i duty Allowed indulgence in such foolithneM, Tet Here were love and tendorneis within bim, Aod 1 am told, that, when bis Char'.ey died, Nor Nature's noed nor gentle words could win him From bis fond vigila at the sleeper's side. And when they came to bury little Charley, They found fresh dew dr ps sprinkled in his hair, And oo his bronst a rose-bud gathered early. Aod guessed, but did not know, w'jo pit cod it there. My good old friend was very bard on fashion And held its votaries in lofty scorn, And often burst into a holy panelon While the gay crowds went by on a Sunday morn. Yet be was vain, old Gray, cod did not know .t! He wore his harr unparttd, long and plain To bide tbe handsome brow tbat slept below i. For fear thr world would think tbat he was vain! file bad a hearty hatrod of oppression, And righteous words for sin of every kind; Alas, tbat the transgressor and transgression Were linked so closely in bis honest mind! Yet that Bweet ta!e of gift without repentance Told of tbe Master, touched bim to the core, Aod tearless be cauld never read the sentence ; "Neither do I condemn thee: sin no more." Honest and faithful, constant in bis callirg, Strictly attendant on the means of grace, Instant in prayer, and fearful most of falling, Old Daniel Gray was always in his place. .& practical old ma;, and yet a dreamer, lie thought ih at in some Btraoge, uolooked for way Hismighty Friend in heaven, the great Re , deemer, ... Would honor bim with wealth some golden day. This dream be carried in a hopeful spirit Until in death bis patient eye grew dim, And hie Redeemer called bim to inherit Tbe heaven of wealth leng garnered up for Dim. So, If I ever win the borne in heaven For whose iweet rest I bumbly hops and pray In the great company of tbe forgiven I shall be sure to find old Daoiel Gray. General Rousseau has ordered tbat some of tbe secessionists In Alabama, be taken beck and forth, on each of the trains that ran on tbe railroads in bis department. Tbe guerrilla murderers who fire into the trails will thus stand a very good cbat-ce of killing their own friends If a girl thinks more of ber heels than of her bead, depend upon it she will never mount to much. Brains which settle in tbe sbois never get much above them. This will apply ts well to tbe masculine t tbe feminine gender. Tbe ladles, when tbey wish to wash fine end eitgant colors, should boil some bran ia rain-water, and nse ihe liquid cold. Noth-,in(, It is said, can equal It for cleaning cloth and for revivifying effects, open colon I.AZAKUS AT THE GATE. BT MRS lUnilllT BIICHIB STOWI. Tms parable is one of a series of utterances which give, as it were, the key-note of the heart of Jesus Christ while lie abode in our world. When a distinguished stranger visits our country, everybody is anxious to learn hia repressions;-what strikes bim most, often-est, most intensely what does bis mind s em to run on, so that his discourse is colored by it? So when tho Creator took up bis tent in this world and dwelt among us, what did Ho think of what impressed Him most keenly what did He spesk of oftenest what lay on His heart, and came out In His discourses? dourly it was an infinite pity for tbe poor, ignorant,opf:reBn-ed, loer class. What was tbe s'n which moved His gentle mind to the most vehement indignation'.' It was tbat hard heart-ed "don't care,!' which was then, as it is now, the staple of the world for poor, low, common human nature. The weak the sickly the homely the unlovely.unwahh-ed, unkept, uncared-for common masses these were what moved His soul what He bore on His heart, and for whose wro gs He grew severe and terrible. For tueir sakes the God refused all the palaces of the earth- that He might be born in a stable refuso purple and fine linen for pleasant garments refused ease and leisure for bard toil, scanty fare, and the narrow details of a carpenter's shop in Nazar eth. Would a father take un his abode in a princely hotel of a rebel capital, while his son, wounded aod a prisoner, was ly. ing on the bare ground in a tiithy prison? Would a wife ia luxury while ber wound ed bual and was in Equalid poverty and neglect? No. True love eays, Give me the bard lot of my belovedigive them more or givo me nothing. So Christ chose to be born in the lower classes, and to try by ex perience for thirty years a life of obscure toil and poverty. And when He spoke as the crowned Messiah, He spoke from a heart in sympathy with tho lowest of mankind.This parable is one .of tho number which He burled like celestial arrows, at the scoffing Scribes and Pharisees, who ridiculed and scorned Him for His familiar sympathy and intimacy with Ibe scorned,' despieed, lower castes. This man received sinners, and eatelh with them, they said, Jesus replies in this parable of the lost sheep, the lost piecs of silver, the prodigal sod; and 'ben He strikes a deeper and more ter.ible string, end paints in pictures whose perspective goes far into the world unseen the grea' representa tive parable of iiuman society. Thoughtless Dives, clothed in purple and Cne linen, fating sumptuously every day; despised Lozarus loathsome, foul, lying at his gate. No crime is alleged against Dives except a life of thoughtless "don't care" while unnoticed misery lies at bis gate. Doubt less Lo mig'it have had sensibilities so fine tbat the sight and smell of such en ob ject would take away his appetite; and so be never looked that way, or allowed word tj be told him of that misery. He bad no objections thai the dogs should lick bis sores if they pleased, but be didn't want to hear about it. What coi Id be done with the creature? He was sure be didn't know; it was no business of bis. And then the indignant heart of love turns the reverse of the medal. If you do not care, I do. Tbat poor creature you despised, is my ohild and your brother You might havo token him in waehed and clothed and fed and comforted and you would not;andnow you lie at his gate. and complained unheedod as I e did. Again, in the picture of the last judg ment, no positive crime is alleged against 'he condemned. They seem surprised at the words of their judge. When saw we Thee ahungered, athirst, or sick, and in prison, and did not minister to Thee? They might have been picus ebuich-goers.sing- ers of anthems, and sitters at sacraments, and letters-alone of poor, mean, miserable, uneducated, diftgustiog, smelling people -counting them only as swarming Termini and wondering why Gol permitted them to live; and yet the Godtman aeseits His humanity, Inasmuch as ye d d not to one of the least of these, my bretbien, ye did it not to Me. Lasarus has Iain at the gate of all na. tions. Lauras in one form or another with one manner of speech rr mother. At one grtte bo baa lain in the person ol the fettered slaveand his wounds, filthy and unwashed, are all of our giving. This datiou bound him, bruised bim with many stripes, and rolled him in tbe filthy mire of oppression till bis visage was more marred than any of the sons of men, and then made hia sightliness and nnoleanness the reason ind excuse or haughty contempt. Polite society held its nose. Tender-heart" ed society could not be shocked with hearing the disgusting details. Busy socio ty bad something else to do than attend to him. . Cefined society were willing these poor dogs of Abolitionists out there should howl around him if they would.on-ly thit must be allowed to shut the window and draw down the curtains. Nay, the windows of churches have been shut, and tbe blinds drawn, lest a groan from him should disturb the singing of devout anthemc; and priests and Le-vites have pasted delicately on the other side. Everything relating to Lazarus was tabooed, in good society. How could people want to disturb refined and elegant Christian li!e with such unsavory allusions? What God made such a creature for is a mystery, and what is to be done with him a delicate question, which they piously leave with God. Well, Gcd accepted the question. Let us see bow for a year past rn invisible hand has forced the black man up to our politicians, our generals, our statesmen, our soldieri-; and a voice stern as fate has said.Will you own this mnc-willyou have him yes or no? Yes, ho is a contraband of war, is th first trembling resporsc; but still the invisible pressure pushes him on success follows the army only where be is receiv" ed; defeat and confusion, sickness, ccme where he is rejected; till to day thousands of voices, which a year ago knew not the man, are crying, Yes, let us have him; quick, or we are undone, God is a great statesman, and if he has taken tbe patronage of LnzariiR ottho gate; it is better to be up and doiDg, while his wrath is kindled, but a littlo. With our best heart's blocd we arc paring the awful debt to God's jui-tice. Wi h the blood of victims, young, beautiful, innocentthemselves guiltless of tLe na tion's great oppression is the dreadful ransom of our guilt being exacted. Stearns, Putnam, Lowell were they not all the martyrs of liberty, guiltless of conni ing at our great wrong? The innocent for the guilty! As He, tbe great Head of the human race, wrought redemption by undeserved death-puna, ho by lives dealer than bean's bleed must our nation's guilt bo exp!atcd! Indepen- ent Sehoolhouse. It is the duty of tea 'hcra, ad well bs parents and school committees, to see that tbe circumstances under which children study are such as shall leave a happy impression upon their mindf; for whatever 8 brought uuder the frequent observation of the young must have i s influence up- on their susceptible natures for cvii or, good. Shabby schoolhouses induce sloven-1 ly habits. Ill-constructed bench's may not only distort the body.but by reflex influence, tbe mind as well. . Winter blasts, sweeping through open floors or broken windows, not only injure tbe health, but chill tho warm glow of youthful enthusi. asm. Conditions like these seldom fail to disgust tbe learner with bis school, and neutralize tbe best efforts cf his teachers. On thc other hand, neat, comfortable find agreeable plac:s for study m y help to awaken the associations enchaining the mind and the heart to learning and virtuous instruction, with links of gold brightening forever. Hotter Than a Man.-It is well-known that all Indies have an ak nse admiration for a sewing-machine, sod that their delight in tbe possession of one calls out enthusiastic terms of praise. Alady call- d at a sewing machine agency to purchaso, and inquiring for some one who had a machine of whom she could learn of its merits, was, among others, referred to a lady then presont, a quiet, demure. looking maiden lady. Upon being questioned, this individual at first replied with modest reserve, but finally the all-absorb, ing delight every sewing machine proprietress inevitably feels got the better of he diffidence, and she warmly eulogised the object of ther inquiry;and finally her eyes brightened, bor cheek grow rosy, and she sprang to her feet, and with an energetic ' voice said, "Like my tewing machine? to be sure I do! Why, I wouldn't begin to exchange it for a man 1" The Barber Barrett. The following ancedote, which has been told of many learned men, originated with the painter Barrett. His only pets were a cat, and a kitten, its progeny. A friend seeing two holes in the bottom of his floor, asked him for what purpose he made them there. Barrett said it was for his cats to jo in and out. 'Why," replied his friend, "nould not one do for both?" "You Billy man," anrwered the painter "how could the big eat get into the little ho'e?" "But," said his friend, "could not the little one go through the big hole?" 'Indeed I so sbe could, but I never thought of that. &"'U.l should be drafted into the ser vice what would you do?" said a gentleman to his wife lately. 'Got a substitute for you 1 suppose,' whereupon tbe worst calf changed tne subject of conversation. The Insidious Promotion c,f Tjospo- Main. The attempt to cripple the Government in i's defense against the rebellion by pre tending an alarm left th ) Constitution should be fraotured by making war on the rebels, has not been more notable than tbe willingness to dissolve the Constitution, revolutionize our institutions, and 6uspcnd all civil power, on the pica that only military men can carry on war. Both of these contradictory pleas comes from the same parties, who would on the one hand, make the Constiluticn a strait-jacket to bind the Government against exeriing its energies to put down the rebels, and on tbe other, ivould break t'ewn the Constitution and our civil institutions for fear of the loyal people at home. This effort takes tho form of perxistent and malignant attacks upon the legislative branch of the Government the distinguishing feature of republican institutions, and which Ihe framers of onr Constitution supposed to be the principal departmuut ol this Government, and of assa il a upon every civil officer of tbe Government who is supposed to be interfering in any way with military absolution. They demand tbat CongrcES shall promptly pasjthe op-propria'ions and adjourn, and denounce its deliberations upon affairs vital to the nation bs meddling wit'i things nith which jl has no business-, in time of war, when everything should bo left to tho military. The talk of sending a battalion to cle.ir out Congress at tho point of the bayonet, was commenced in the Washington bar-rooms which the army officers crowded last win ter, and the press of the same Fcnliment was everywhere preparing the lublic mind for it bv malignant denunciations of Con- cressi These at'acks spare the Prcsidant just so far as he is supposed to be entirely sub servient to the military direction.aud have been bitter upon every officer of bis Cabinet in proportion as be wasjuupposed lo stand in the way of military supremacy -i j The army sentiment and the disloyal had a deliberate purpose in this effort lo sjppres8 the popular Iranch, and turn the Govern ment into a despotism, governed by the j military, I ut s trie of the inconsiderate public jouioa'B, which htve no witer rule of conduct tl.an to catch up any clamor, have helped the effort by their senseless abuse ofCongreBfl, and by continually clamoring tor it to adjourn, and professing to rejoice when it had adjourned. We see n0H 'ho same folly in come localities, "here blind supp3it of the Administration and no opinions in national affairs, are at tempted to be set up as thc test for Representative candidates. The prospects of the perpetuity of republican institutions, which are believed to depend on the intelligence of the people, would be poor indeed if the people themselves were so anxious to give up their control of the Government to a despotism. But we rave seen no signs on the part oi the peoplo that they desire to sink their voice in the Government, or to make a des potism which has not, eilbe; in a civil or military way, exhibited any wisdom exceeding the popular capacity. The despondency of the peoplo over the recent disasters in Virginians seized upon to puBh the j reject of amilitaiy despo lism, either in the shape of a military Dic tator, 01 cl a dictator who will be entirely und;r the conlrd of the military. This subject i referred to by our Washington correspondence in this paper. One of the corroborating evidences is the determination manifest to makes narrow caste supreme in our army, by crowding out of command, either directly or indirectly, every officer who does not belong to it. And this military caste is still further narrowed by the ostracism of all whose sentiments are supposed to bo in sympathy with the ma-s of the people. It becomes the people to watch jealously their own rights and powers in the Government, and to see that tbe military power is not turned against their own 1 b erties instgsd of tho rebellion , To (bis end they should maintain vigilantly the official dignity add independence of their direct Representative!, and the powers of Congress as the controlling Department of Republican Governmen. It becomes the President also to see tbat he docs not cre ate a military supremacy which will be strong enough to overthrow him whenever he disputes its absolute control. Sympathy with the loyal pccplo, and a heart wholly for the cause. Bliould be tbe first requisite for military command, either high or low. A military academy education is entitled to no consideration compared with this. Af.d it has not yet been made manifest to the popular conviction that this nation is to be saved aolely by the military acadomy. The Government has power enough lo make war en the rebels. The Representatives of tbe people have given it all that it asked and more. Iti control of them i absolute. To Bake the Prea:dent Die- tator would give him no more war power, nor bis Adminislraiion more energy. They who Beck to make liira Dictator do it to make their own faction irresponsible to the people; not to make the war more vigorous against the enemy. Cin. Gsa. MR. KALES GOKS A COUHTINO. ! Mr KaleB walks around the corner lo' see the Widow Peel. Y Miter, l have got a bouse and home, and everything calculated to mnkc a poo widower happy, but one indispensnblo article, and he gave a significant wink and bowed to the lady. Tbat is a hen-house, I suppose, Y.r. KsIcb when do you think of buil.lin. Now Widder.that is too bad ! But seeing how ycr kind o'lonesum here by yersclf, suppose yer take my cornet? Your corner, Mr. Kiles ! your corner ! Pray explain yourself 1 I am sitting very Vl'iuionnun: HI Ult. ililBili umi, uim juu i.,ij ii. nnj are on a ptool. Will y u have a cusston to sit on? Now Widder Peel, I just meau to be ensiled. We are past the davs of conuitrv and I am tired living without a mate I Mr. Kile, can you see to read without Bpectacles? You are holding that p per monstrous close to you eyes. Deer Missus Peel, you are trilling with my feelings, seeing how I am interested in ytur welfare. Coming to the point madu.u, will you carry my keys? , . , Lor me, Mr. Kales! I dul not know , , , ' , , you l;nd a lock in your house ! When did ycu make eucfc an improvement? Blame my stars Widder, ycr as mighty hard to court you shy wuss than a gal ! Cum my purty Polun duck, do you reck - cd I can et married. Lor'! lor'! lor' ! Mr. Kales, I s'pose t.n i. . j i. x... I. , uu . ytw.u BUUUt luo now a d JJut .t,g un .n wind tliut ter. seeing as how you have been married dor).t bow nob (1y d anJ tho doc. wuncc. You fust bavb to got the woma.'sj(or8 flourish on it like green baize consent, then you must fix on the day, and j tree. But of t ourse they don't have just speak to the parson to lie the knot, i anything to with it they can't make and that is all. j 'eui Come or go.' Thank you Widder Peel ! thank you I Very" Cool" iui mm iiiuuui iiLremfni l ou must UuUer stand me-I HU railly co .earned about yer wilfare. I Hm in the highest state of lelecny. I im Imp py as a drowniu' horse puilcd out of a mill pond Mr. Kales; yon are too extrivigant in your expressions. Lor' ! lor' 1 what has exhalaralcd your spirits eo high? T .1. it,. , m , any .onger. Tell me when you'll be my little hunny of a wife? yes, that is it-my dear hunny wife? Numo the happy now my sny reiun uuck, lets no: nurt day. You old gander, I knowed you in your poor fust wife's lifetime, seciDg how you was so huffish, peevish, aud snortin' round. Now you have 0t on a fine plated busom shirt and a bran ccv broad cloth suit 1 You old gray rat, you had better go home and stay thar till ycur good old brokenhearted wife's shoe-trucks git washed out of tne yard, and her grave gits oold, and don't darkin my door agin- Mr. Kales puts fln his sink hat and stapes; Good Spirits in Washington A course ol newspaper literature must have informed the readsr that Nero fid dled while Rome burned. But it has never been stated that his fiddling made the people jolly or saltatory. Nor do we discover that it makes the spirits of this people buoyant to hear, after our great disasters lu Virginia, and with a rebel army flanking the Capitol, invadrng Mary land and threatening Pennsylvania, that a 'cheerful spirit prevails in Washington, and that tbe Cap jtol is regarded ae safe If the Administration is in cheerful spirits the people are in mourning. They do not regard the safety of tho Capitol as i n equivalent for the destruction of the nation. They have given the Administration m n and money to save the nation, No monarch ever had more ulimited con trol af the military power, or exercised it more in his own way. One hundred thousand brave disciplined North" rn soldiers have been sacrificed in Virginia, and an expenditure uaheaid of ia warfare Now the people aro anxiously inquiring what tbe Administration has to restore the hopes of the country, and retrieve our disasters Aod all they see ia a restoration of the military failures, indicating a repetition of them on a magnified scale. And on top of this cornea the aggravating announcement almost daily in the semi-offbial dispatches, that the Administration is in good spiiita and confdent that Wash ington is safe. Cin. Gazette. Low- kid Wo v a Tha niodorn style ol low bred female ia one who stays at borne, tnkscre of her childien, never meddles with her eighbor'a business, and ia con tented to weir a modest calico dress rather than beggar her busbind'B pocket to feed vanity. This species is almost extinct y We are told to have hope end trust-but what's a poor felloe to do when be can't get trust? Excuses for Using Tobacco. In one ef our neighboring towns ti e ibus oiasmooi acquired mo nanu oi ot- tjl0 I'hiirnolis, wore excellent han-smoking, and resorted to Urn most ingP-! .Iv.Taftncn. ami never "scamnml" nious methods to conceal the vice from their master. In this thev were Fucrcts-fulun'il one evening, wlien ilie mas'er ght them at it, and stood bef.-.re them in awful dignity. "How now?' shouted the ma'ter to lie first lnd, 'how dure you bo smoking to- 1 hacco?' Sir,' said the boy, 'Iain subj.ct to : ,n!H'n M11:U . r"nl ins into cor-lieiidoche, and a pipe takes (8 the pain.' ''J'onding parts o" the edges, and 'And you? and you? and you? irq'iired j 'J11'" aPl'lv them together. The Egyp-he pedagogu . questioning every boy injfI1111 carpenter was not content with his turn, jlhirf precaution, and having need flat One bad a 'raging tooth, " noiherj pins for the purpoHO, about two inche 'cboiic,' the thirl a 'cough,' sivl in short iu breadth, he secured fhene again, they all hBd something. J af ter the boards had been applied to 'Now sirrah,' bellow, d ihe master to each other, bv round pins driven ver-the l :st boy, 'what dis ,rder do you tmoke ticullv through the boards, and into i f0, AlllP 1 all ttlO eX but the interrogated urchin, putting down , - , ..J .r,. his pipe after a farewell wmff, and 10:1m- .,lp in hif) mMtvtt face, said h a whining 1 1,... ,.;, ;i hi luvinini tvii, Sir, I sraoko for corns !' Mrs- Partington Again. 'Do you think people are. trouble! as much with lieu bottonirv now, doe- tort as tlicy used to be before they tliscovereil the anti-bug bedstead' j kc(J ,M- tington " ?" ' the old school who attended the taint- 1 i i . .i, . i . I lv where she was staving. 'I hleboto- m.uiftm fl.,:,i th" .1;:, ... raVf.iv. I j a remedy, not a disease.' Well, , well ' replied she, 'no wonder one K'ts ! 'em mixed up. there is so many of 'em. 1 Wo never heard in old times "of trous- 1110 j" nuvai, ui liuujuhb m iuu ' head' or neurology all over us, or consternation in the bowels, as we do t ,1 -, . n- , . .,fc,0111)1(! of VP!1M (inpT,(i tC0 ! door of the Senate Chamber and was , about to pass in. when the door ke'i- er asked: 'Are you a privib god member?' 'What do you mean by thati' asked the stranger. ... . -- Cll I1ILI1UI1 1 Ul -Vil uruoH, oin loreitru nniiisier, auswer- 0d t,e door keeper. The stranger replied that be was a minister. 'From what court or country V ask- ed tho official. ' Pointing up, the stranger replied, j "from heaven sir.' To this the doorkeeper waggishly replied, 'this government at present holds no iutereo rsy with that foreiifii power, Instead of saying things'that will make people stare and wonder, say what will keep them from staring and wondering hereafter. This is philosophy.Tity It. No kisses are half so sweet as those given at the making u.i of a epiarrel. "Interesting events" arc occasions when a nurse takes absolute possession of tho honse, and the husband sleeps on tho sofa- A man in love may be likened to a fly in a spider's web, entangle-1 in one of the most fragile eubstance-s, yet the most diflieult from which to escape. Cymburga, wife of the duke truest of Luthinia, could crack nuts between her fingers, and elrivo nails into the wall with her thumb; whether she ever got her husband under it is not recorded. fcunart Hoy "Say, yam, bub was inriuirmg after you." Nam "Bub? what bubi" Smart Bos "Beelz bub!" Virtue without talent is a coat ul mail without a swoid; it may defend the wearer, but will not: enable him to uroteet his friend. The gaa-mau can make gas-light in your house, but a wife can make sun shine. V Hat is iiiat winch no one v.ihct to have, aud no on- wishes to lose? A bald head. "Thai's my business!" as the butch er said to the Uog that was killing his sheep. Be careful not to provoke an eneinv as yon would cteer safely near a dangerous reef. A snake's tongue is not half so bitd as a cross woman's, for, although it runs out prodigiously, there's no flat ter to it. The reward of villains is various. some ol them are lung, others cropped and branded others elected to officj. Tho Egyptian. Carpenter. Tho wui'kmi'n of Egypt, in tho days their work. In earoenfrv the Eirvt- .tiiim of old gtvntly excelled; (Ji- ;iiiocJe of joining boards tog her j worthy of remark, combining m k did tivngfli and neatness. When two jboarda arc joined together on edge, by jctir modern carpenters, they frequent. I each of the flat pins. I'hm the poem-uses were exhausted. : biHf y 0f ,,,, iuint onninfr Z. ,.n,. ,.,,,,', i , , . Mi prevented. Ik saw, tho chisel, ; .... , ' were well known to fhe E-n-ntiana of the time of Moses, as wcro the pro cesses ot veneering and dovetailing. There is no doubt, either, that 3300 years ago the gluepot was in reouisi-tinn in the workshops of Aleir phisand Thebes. Early Walking. Walking, for young and active poo pie. is by far the best exercise; riding w good for the elderlv. the. middle! ingc (1, and invalids. The abuse of j these exercises consists in taking them j iu.u thc 8yat)?m ifJ uxhau8te(1 0f less by previous fasting or by mental labor. Borne persons injudiciously attempt a long walk before breakfast, nndcrtho belief that it is conducive to health. Others will get up early to work three hours at some abstruse, mental toil. The effect ia both in-stances is the same: it subtract from j the powers of cxertiou in tho after ! I day. A short saunter, or i , bSbt rc""';g More this meal, is the best indulgence of the kind; otherwise the waste occasioned by labor must be supplied by nourishment, and the breakfast will necessarily becomo a heavy meal, and the whole morning's comfort sacrificed by a weight at the eh. 'St from imperfect digestion of too l. These observations apply espe- ' . P00"' u'" are Pne to flatter themselves into the Iwsu;ision that they can nse their mental or bodily powers in age as in youth. ' " . .. Dome. A home! It is the bright, blessod, "llor",,, Pha"n which sits highest uu uic Bunny norizo tiiatgiideth lifo. When shall it be readied? It is not the house, though that mav havo ita charms; not the field, carefully tilled. and streaked with your footpaths; nor tne trees, though their shadows bo to vonliko that of a "great reick in weary land;" nor yet is it the fireside, with its eosey comfort nor the pictures, which tell of loved ones nor the book ; but more than all these, it is the presence 'Ihe altar of your confidonco is thero, and adoring it a'J, and sending your blood in passionate flow, is the ccstacy of the conviction that there, at least, you aro beloved; that there ytm aro understood; th'at there your errors will rne ,t evon with gentle forgiveness; that there you may unburden your soul, fearless of harsh, unsympathisingears.'aud there you may be entirely and joyfully yourself. Light Beading. Tl;er in a call for "iight reading," and I lor one applmid the demand. A lightening influence is the best that books or men can bestow uon us. Inform ition is good, but invigoration is a thousand limea better. Cheer; the vigjr of the world's h.an I It is beciiuio mau'a htpe is so low, and hia imagination so poor, (hat he is earthly and evil. Wings for theso un-fledyed heartt ! Traus.Wiation for the it grubs I OivM um animation, faspirutiou, joy faith I Give us e i.l. veiling, light, e mo uira, to hicu o.ir souls a nil on a sudden, begin to dunce, keeping etep with the an-geln 1 VVht else is worth having? Each on of these sordid sous of men is li not b new-born Apolio, who wait only for the ambroiia from Olympus, to spiiajr forth in divineness of beauty and strenutK. D JCJT'I know I am a per ect bear In my manners said a young fine farmer to hit sweet heart. 'No, indeed you are not. Join; you have never hugged me yet'.- i ou are moro hep than bear.'

rrvj !V0I, VIII. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO .THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 18G2. NO 47 SE EOT POETRY. DANIEIi GRAY. in ibill ever win the boms in heaven For wbes sweat rest I bumbly bopo and I tbi great company ot the forgiven I (bill be tura to find old Daniel Gray, I knew biin well; in fact, few koew blm better; For my young eyei oil reid (or him tbe Word, And saw bow meekly from tbe crystal letter He drink the li.eofhis beloved Lord. Old Daniel Gray was not a man who lilted On ready wotds bis freight ol gratitude, And was rot called ipon among the gifted, Id tbe piayei'incetitige of btsneigbbtrhotd lie bad few old-laSbtoned words aud pbreses, Linked in with sacred testi and Buoday rbyincF; And I sopporo, tbat, ro 'bis prayers and graws, 'I've bcaid Hum all at least a thousand tiw.es. I see bitn now, bid form, and face, and i motions, ' nnJvhomespun babit, and bis silver bair, And haar tbe langoage ol bis trite devotions Rising behind tbe straight-bucked kitchen chair. I can remember how tbe sentence sounded, ' Uelp uj, 0 Lord, to pray, and not to faint!" Aod bow the ''conquering and'to-conquer" The loftier aspirations of the saint. lie bl some notions that did not improve him; He Dover kissed his children, so tbey say; And finest scenes and fairest flowers would move bim Less than a horseshoe picked up in the way. Be could see nought but vanity in beauty, And nought but weakness io a lond cares3, And pitied men whose views of Cbristta-i duty Allowed indulgence in such foolithneM, Tet Here were love and tendorneis within bim, Aod 1 am told, that, when bis Char'.ey died, Nor Nature's noed nor gentle words could win him From bis fond vigila at the sleeper's side. And when they came to bury little Charley, They found fresh dew dr ps sprinkled in his hair, And oo his bronst a rose-bud gathered early. Aod guessed, but did not know, w'jo pit cod it there. My good old friend was very bard on fashion And held its votaries in lofty scorn, And often burst into a holy panelon While the gay crowds went by on a Sunday morn. Yet be was vain, old Gray, cod did not know .t! He wore his harr unparttd, long and plain To bide tbe handsome brow tbat slept below i. For fear thr world would think tbat he was vain! file bad a hearty hatrod of oppression, And righteous words for sin of every kind; Alas, tbat the transgressor and transgression Were linked so closely in bis honest mind! Yet that Bweet ta!e of gift without repentance Told of tbe Master, touched bim to the core, Aod tearless be cauld never read the sentence ; "Neither do I condemn thee: sin no more." Honest and faithful, constant in bis callirg, Strictly attendant on the means of grace, Instant in prayer, and fearful most of falling, Old Daniel Gray was always in his place. .& practical old ma;, and yet a dreamer, lie thought ih at in some Btraoge, uolooked for way Hismighty Friend in heaven, the great Re , deemer, ... Would honor bim with wealth some golden day. This dream be carried in a hopeful spirit Until in death bis patient eye grew dim, And hie Redeemer called bim to inherit Tbe heaven of wealth leng garnered up for Dim. So, If I ever win the borne in heaven For whose iweet rest I bumbly hops and pray In the great company of tbe forgiven I shall be sure to find old Daoiel Gray. General Rousseau has ordered tbat some of tbe secessionists In Alabama, be taken beck and forth, on each of the trains that ran on tbe railroads in bis department. Tbe guerrilla murderers who fire into the trails will thus stand a very good cbat-ce of killing their own friends If a girl thinks more of ber heels than of her bead, depend upon it she will never mount to much. Brains which settle in tbe sbois never get much above them. This will apply ts well to tbe masculine t tbe feminine gender. Tbe ladles, when tbey wish to wash fine end eitgant colors, should boil some bran ia rain-water, and nse ihe liquid cold. Noth-,in(, It is said, can equal It for cleaning cloth and for revivifying effects, open colon I.AZAKUS AT THE GATE. BT MRS lUnilllT BIICHIB STOWI. Tms parable is one of a series of utterances which give, as it were, the key-note of the heart of Jesus Christ while lie abode in our world. When a distinguished stranger visits our country, everybody is anxious to learn hia repressions;-what strikes bim most, often-est, most intensely what does bis mind s em to run on, so that his discourse is colored by it? So when tho Creator took up bis tent in this world and dwelt among us, what did Ho think of what impressed Him most keenly what did He spesk of oftenest what lay on His heart, and came out In His discourses? dourly it was an infinite pity for tbe poor, ignorant,opf:reBn-ed, loer class. What was tbe s'n which moved His gentle mind to the most vehement indignation'.' It was tbat hard heart-ed "don't care,!' which was then, as it is now, the staple of the world for poor, low, common human nature. The weak the sickly the homely the unlovely.unwahh-ed, unkept, uncared-for common masses these were what moved His soul what He bore on His heart, and for whose wro gs He grew severe and terrible. For tueir sakes the God refused all the palaces of the earth- that He might be born in a stable refuso purple and fine linen for pleasant garments refused ease and leisure for bard toil, scanty fare, and the narrow details of a carpenter's shop in Nazar eth. Would a father take un his abode in a princely hotel of a rebel capital, while his son, wounded aod a prisoner, was ly. ing on the bare ground in a tiithy prison? Would a wife ia luxury while ber wound ed bual and was in Equalid poverty and neglect? No. True love eays, Give me the bard lot of my belovedigive them more or givo me nothing. So Christ chose to be born in the lower classes, and to try by ex perience for thirty years a life of obscure toil and poverty. And when He spoke as the crowned Messiah, He spoke from a heart in sympathy with tho lowest of mankind.This parable is one .of tho number which He burled like celestial arrows, at the scoffing Scribes and Pharisees, who ridiculed and scorned Him for His familiar sympathy and intimacy with Ibe scorned,' despieed, lower castes. This man received sinners, and eatelh with them, they said, Jesus replies in this parable of the lost sheep, the lost piecs of silver, the prodigal sod; and 'ben He strikes a deeper and more ter.ible string, end paints in pictures whose perspective goes far into the world unseen the grea' representa tive parable of iiuman society. Thoughtless Dives, clothed in purple and Cne linen, fating sumptuously every day; despised Lozarus loathsome, foul, lying at his gate. No crime is alleged against Dives except a life of thoughtless "don't care" while unnoticed misery lies at bis gate. Doubt less Lo mig'it have had sensibilities so fine tbat the sight and smell of such en ob ject would take away his appetite; and so be never looked that way, or allowed word tj be told him of that misery. He bad no objections thai the dogs should lick bis sores if they pleased, but be didn't want to hear about it. What coi Id be done with the creature? He was sure be didn't know; it was no business of bis. And then the indignant heart of love turns the reverse of the medal. If you do not care, I do. Tbat poor creature you despised, is my ohild and your brother You might havo token him in waehed and clothed and fed and comforted and you would not;andnow you lie at his gate. and complained unheedod as I e did. Again, in the picture of the last judg ment, no positive crime is alleged against 'he condemned. They seem surprised at the words of their judge. When saw we Thee ahungered, athirst, or sick, and in prison, and did not minister to Thee? They might have been picus ebuich-goers.sing- ers of anthems, and sitters at sacraments, and letters-alone of poor, mean, miserable, uneducated, diftgustiog, smelling people -counting them only as swarming Termini and wondering why Gol permitted them to live; and yet the Godtman aeseits His humanity, Inasmuch as ye d d not to one of the least of these, my bretbien, ye did it not to Me. Lasarus has Iain at the gate of all na. tions. Lauras in one form or another with one manner of speech rr mother. At one grtte bo baa lain in the person ol the fettered slaveand his wounds, filthy and unwashed, are all of our giving. This datiou bound him, bruised bim with many stripes, and rolled him in tbe filthy mire of oppression till bis visage was more marred than any of the sons of men, and then made hia sightliness and nnoleanness the reason ind excuse or haughty contempt. Polite society held its nose. Tender-heart" ed society could not be shocked with hearing the disgusting details. Busy socio ty bad something else to do than attend to him. . Cefined society were willing these poor dogs of Abolitionists out there should howl around him if they would.on-ly thit must be allowed to shut the window and draw down the curtains. Nay, the windows of churches have been shut, and tbe blinds drawn, lest a groan from him should disturb the singing of devout anthemc; and priests and Le-vites have pasted delicately on the other side. Everything relating to Lazarus was tabooed, in good society. How could people want to disturb refined and elegant Christian li!e with such unsavory allusions? What God made such a creature for is a mystery, and what is to be done with him a delicate question, which they piously leave with God. Well, Gcd accepted the question. Let us see bow for a year past rn invisible hand has forced the black man up to our politicians, our generals, our statesmen, our soldieri-; and a voice stern as fate has said.Will you own this mnc-willyou have him yes or no? Yes, ho is a contraband of war, is th first trembling resporsc; but still the invisible pressure pushes him on success follows the army only where be is receiv" ed; defeat and confusion, sickness, ccme where he is rejected; till to day thousands of voices, which a year ago knew not the man, are crying, Yes, let us have him; quick, or we are undone, God is a great statesman, and if he has taken tbe patronage of LnzariiR ottho gate; it is better to be up and doiDg, while his wrath is kindled, but a littlo. With our best heart's blocd we arc paring the awful debt to God's jui-tice. Wi h the blood of victims, young, beautiful, innocentthemselves guiltless of tLe na tion's great oppression is the dreadful ransom of our guilt being exacted. Stearns, Putnam, Lowell were they not all the martyrs of liberty, guiltless of conni ing at our great wrong? The innocent for the guilty! As He, tbe great Head of the human race, wrought redemption by undeserved death-puna, ho by lives dealer than bean's bleed must our nation's guilt bo exp!atcd! Indepen- ent Sehoolhouse. It is the duty of tea 'hcra, ad well bs parents and school committees, to see that tbe circumstances under which children study are such as shall leave a happy impression upon their mindf; for whatever 8 brought uuder the frequent observation of the young must have i s influence up- on their susceptible natures for cvii or, good. Shabby schoolhouses induce sloven-1 ly habits. Ill-constructed bench's may not only distort the body.but by reflex influence, tbe mind as well. . Winter blasts, sweeping through open floors or broken windows, not only injure tbe health, but chill tho warm glow of youthful enthusi. asm. Conditions like these seldom fail to disgust tbe learner with bis school, and neutralize tbe best efforts cf his teachers. On thc other hand, neat, comfortable find agreeable plac:s for study m y help to awaken the associations enchaining the mind and the heart to learning and virtuous instruction, with links of gold brightening forever. Hotter Than a Man.-It is well-known that all Indies have an ak nse admiration for a sewing-machine, sod that their delight in tbe possession of one calls out enthusiastic terms of praise. Alady call- d at a sewing machine agency to purchaso, and inquiring for some one who had a machine of whom she could learn of its merits, was, among others, referred to a lady then presont, a quiet, demure. looking maiden lady. Upon being questioned, this individual at first replied with modest reserve, but finally the all-absorb, ing delight every sewing machine proprietress inevitably feels got the better of he diffidence, and she warmly eulogised the object of ther inquiry;and finally her eyes brightened, bor cheek grow rosy, and she sprang to her feet, and with an energetic ' voice said, "Like my tewing machine? to be sure I do! Why, I wouldn't begin to exchange it for a man 1" The Barber Barrett. The following ancedote, which has been told of many learned men, originated with the painter Barrett. His only pets were a cat, and a kitten, its progeny. A friend seeing two holes in the bottom of his floor, asked him for what purpose he made them there. Barrett said it was for his cats to jo in and out. 'Why," replied his friend, "nould not one do for both?" "You Billy man," anrwered the painter "how could the big eat get into the little ho'e?" "But," said his friend, "could not the little one go through the big hole?" 'Indeed I so sbe could, but I never thought of that. &"'U.l should be drafted into the ser vice what would you do?" said a gentleman to his wife lately. 'Got a substitute for you 1 suppose,' whereupon tbe worst calf changed tne subject of conversation. The Insidious Promotion c,f Tjospo- Main. The attempt to cripple the Government in i's defense against the rebellion by pre tending an alarm left th ) Constitution should be fraotured by making war on the rebels, has not been more notable than tbe willingness to dissolve the Constitution, revolutionize our institutions, and 6uspcnd all civil power, on the pica that only military men can carry on war. Both of these contradictory pleas comes from the same parties, who would on the one hand, make the Constiluticn a strait-jacket to bind the Government against exeriing its energies to put down the rebels, and on tbe other, ivould break t'ewn the Constitution and our civil institutions for fear of the loyal people at home. This effort takes tho form of perxistent and malignant attacks upon the legislative branch of the Government the distinguishing feature of republican institutions, and which Ihe framers of onr Constitution supposed to be the principal departmuut ol this Government, and of assa il a upon every civil officer of tbe Government who is supposed to be interfering in any way with military absolution. They demand tbat CongrcES shall promptly pasjthe op-propria'ions and adjourn, and denounce its deliberations upon affairs vital to the nation bs meddling wit'i things nith which jl has no business-, in time of war, when everything should bo left to tho military. The talk of sending a battalion to cle.ir out Congress at tho point of the bayonet, was commenced in the Washington bar-rooms which the army officers crowded last win ter, and the press of the same Fcnliment was everywhere preparing the lublic mind for it bv malignant denunciations of Con- cressi These at'acks spare the Prcsidant just so far as he is supposed to be entirely sub servient to the military direction.aud have been bitter upon every officer of bis Cabinet in proportion as be wasjuupposed lo stand in the way of military supremacy -i j The army sentiment and the disloyal had a deliberate purpose in this effort lo sjppres8 the popular Iranch, and turn the Govern ment into a despotism, governed by the j military, I ut s trie of the inconsiderate public jouioa'B, which htve no witer rule of conduct tl.an to catch up any clamor, have helped the effort by their senseless abuse ofCongreBfl, and by continually clamoring tor it to adjourn, and professing to rejoice when it had adjourned. We see n0H 'ho same folly in come localities, "here blind supp3it of the Administration and no opinions in national affairs, are at tempted to be set up as thc test for Representative candidates. The prospects of the perpetuity of republican institutions, which are believed to depend on the intelligence of the people, would be poor indeed if the people themselves were so anxious to give up their control of the Government to a despotism. But we rave seen no signs on the part oi the peoplo that they desire to sink their voice in the Government, or to make a des potism which has not, eilbe; in a civil or military way, exhibited any wisdom exceeding the popular capacity. The despondency of the peoplo over the recent disasters in Virginians seized upon to puBh the j reject of amilitaiy despo lism, either in the shape of a military Dic tator, 01 cl a dictator who will be entirely und;r the conlrd of the military. This subject i referred to by our Washington correspondence in this paper. One of the corroborating evidences is the determination manifest to makes narrow caste supreme in our army, by crowding out of command, either directly or indirectly, every officer who does not belong to it. And this military caste is still further narrowed by the ostracism of all whose sentiments are supposed to bo in sympathy with the ma-s of the people. It becomes the people to watch jealously their own rights and powers in the Government, and to see that tbe military power is not turned against their own 1 b erties instgsd of tho rebellion , To (bis end they should maintain vigilantly the official dignity add independence of their direct Representative!, and the powers of Congress as the controlling Department of Republican Governmen. It becomes the President also to see tbat he docs not cre ate a military supremacy which will be strong enough to overthrow him whenever he disputes its absolute control. Sympathy with the loyal pccplo, and a heart wholly for the cause. Bliould be tbe first requisite for military command, either high or low. A military academy education is entitled to no consideration compared with this. Af.d it has not yet been made manifest to the popular conviction that this nation is to be saved aolely by the military acadomy. The Government has power enough lo make war en the rebels. The Representatives of tbe people have given it all that it asked and more. Iti control of them i absolute. To Bake the Prea:dent Die- tator would give him no more war power, nor bis Adminislraiion more energy. They who Beck to make liira Dictator do it to make their own faction irresponsible to the people; not to make the war more vigorous against the enemy. Cin. Gsa. MR. KALES GOKS A COUHTINO. ! Mr KaleB walks around the corner lo' see the Widow Peel. Y Miter, l have got a bouse and home, and everything calculated to mnkc a poo widower happy, but one indispensnblo article, and he gave a significant wink and bowed to the lady. Tbat is a hen-house, I suppose, Y.r. KsIcb when do you think of buil.lin. Now Widder.that is too bad ! But seeing how ycr kind o'lonesum here by yersclf, suppose yer take my cornet? Your corner, Mr. Kiles ! your corner ! Pray explain yourself 1 I am sitting very Vl'iuionnun: HI Ult. ililBili umi, uim juu i.,ij ii. nnj are on a ptool. Will y u have a cusston to sit on? Now Widder Peel, I just meau to be ensiled. We are past the davs of conuitrv and I am tired living without a mate I Mr. Kile, can you see to read without Bpectacles? You are holding that p per monstrous close to you eyes. Deer Missus Peel, you are trilling with my feelings, seeing how I am interested in ytur welfare. Coming to the point madu.u, will you carry my keys? , . , Lor me, Mr. Kales! I dul not know , , , ' , , you l;nd a lock in your house ! When did ycu make eucfc an improvement? Blame my stars Widder, ycr as mighty hard to court you shy wuss than a gal ! Cum my purty Polun duck, do you reck - cd I can et married. Lor'! lor'! lor' ! Mr. Kales, I s'pose t.n i. . j i. x... I. , uu . ytw.u BUUUt luo now a d JJut .t,g un .n wind tliut ter. seeing as how you have been married dor).t bow nob (1y d anJ tho doc. wuncc. You fust bavb to got the woma.'sj(or8 flourish on it like green baize consent, then you must fix on the day, and j tree. But of t ourse they don't have just speak to the parson to lie the knot, i anything to with it they can't make and that is all. j 'eui Come or go.' Thank you Widder Peel ! thank you I Very" Cool" iui mm iiiuuui iiLremfni l ou must UuUer stand me-I HU railly co .earned about yer wilfare. I Hm in the highest state of lelecny. I im Imp py as a drowniu' horse puilcd out of a mill pond Mr. Kales; yon are too extrivigant in your expressions. Lor' ! lor' 1 what has exhalaralcd your spirits eo high? T .1. it,. , m , any .onger. Tell me when you'll be my little hunny of a wife? yes, that is it-my dear hunny wife? Numo the happy now my sny reiun uuck, lets no: nurt day. You old gander, I knowed you in your poor fust wife's lifetime, seciDg how you was so huffish, peevish, aud snortin' round. Now you have 0t on a fine plated busom shirt and a bran ccv broad cloth suit 1 You old gray rat, you had better go home and stay thar till ycur good old brokenhearted wife's shoe-trucks git washed out of tne yard, and her grave gits oold, and don't darkin my door agin- Mr. Kales puts fln his sink hat and stapes; Good Spirits in Washington A course ol newspaper literature must have informed the readsr that Nero fid dled while Rome burned. But it has never been stated that his fiddling made the people jolly or saltatory. Nor do we discover that it makes the spirits of this people buoyant to hear, after our great disasters lu Virginia, and with a rebel army flanking the Capitol, invadrng Mary land and threatening Pennsylvania, that a 'cheerful spirit prevails in Washington, and that tbe Cap jtol is regarded ae safe If the Administration is in cheerful spirits the people are in mourning. They do not regard the safety of tho Capitol as i n equivalent for the destruction of the nation. They have given the Administration m n and money to save the nation, No monarch ever had more ulimited con trol af the military power, or exercised it more in his own way. One hundred thousand brave disciplined North" rn soldiers have been sacrificed in Virginia, and an expenditure uaheaid of ia warfare Now the people aro anxiously inquiring what tbe Administration has to restore the hopes of the country, and retrieve our disasters Aod all they see ia a restoration of the military failures, indicating a repetition of them on a magnified scale. And on top of this cornea the aggravating announcement almost daily in the semi-offbial dispatches, that the Administration is in good spiiita and confdent that Wash ington is safe. Cin. Gazette. Low- kid Wo v a Tha niodorn style ol low bred female ia one who stays at borne, tnkscre of her childien, never meddles with her eighbor'a business, and ia con tented to weir a modest calico dress rather than beggar her busbind'B pocket to feed vanity. This species is almost extinct y We are told to have hope end trust-but what's a poor felloe to do when be can't get trust? Excuses for Using Tobacco. In one ef our neighboring towns ti e ibus oiasmooi acquired mo nanu oi ot- tjl0 I'hiirnolis, wore excellent han-smoking, and resorted to Urn most ingP-! .Iv.Taftncn. ami never "scamnml" nious methods to conceal the vice from their master. In this thev were Fucrcts-fulun'il one evening, wlien ilie mas'er ght them at it, and stood bef.-.re them in awful dignity. "How now?' shouted the ma'ter to lie first lnd, 'how dure you bo smoking to- 1 hacco?' Sir,' said the boy, 'Iain subj.ct to : ,n!H'n M11:U . r"nl ins into cor-lieiidoche, and a pipe takes (8 the pain.' ''J'onding parts o" the edges, and 'And you? and you? and you? irq'iired j 'J11'" aPl'lv them together. The Egyp-he pedagogu . questioning every boy injfI1111 carpenter was not content with his turn, jlhirf precaution, and having need flat One bad a 'raging tooth, " noiherj pins for the purpoHO, about two inche 'cboiic,' the thirl a 'cough,' sivl in short iu breadth, he secured fhene again, they all hBd something. J af ter the boards had been applied to 'Now sirrah,' bellow, d ihe master to each other, bv round pins driven ver-the l :st boy, 'what dis ,rder do you tmoke ticullv through the boards, and into i f0, AlllP 1 all ttlO eX but the interrogated urchin, putting down , - , ..J .r,. his pipe after a farewell wmff, and 10:1m- .,lp in hif) mMtvtt face, said h a whining 1 1,... ,.;, ;i hi luvinini tvii, Sir, I sraoko for corns !' Mrs- Partington Again. 'Do you think people are. trouble! as much with lieu bottonirv now, doe- tort as tlicy used to be before they tliscovereil the anti-bug bedstead' j kc(J ,M- tington " ?" ' the old school who attended the taint- 1 i i . .i, . i . I lv where she was staving. 'I hleboto- m.uiftm fl.,:,i th" .1;:, ... raVf.iv. I j a remedy, not a disease.' Well, , well ' replied she, 'no wonder one K'ts ! 'em mixed up. there is so many of 'em. 1 Wo never heard in old times "of trous- 1110 j" nuvai, ui liuujuhb m iuu ' head' or neurology all over us, or consternation in the bowels, as we do t ,1 -, . n- , . .,fc,0111)1(! of VP!1M (inpT,(i tC0 ! door of the Senate Chamber and was , about to pass in. when the door ke'i- er asked: 'Are you a privib god member?' 'What do you mean by thati' asked the stranger. ... . -- Cll I1ILI1UI1 1 Ul -Vil uruoH, oin loreitru nniiisier, auswer- 0d t,e door keeper. The stranger replied that be was a minister. 'From what court or country V ask- ed tho official. ' Pointing up, the stranger replied, j "from heaven sir.' To this the doorkeeper waggishly replied, 'this government at present holds no iutereo rsy with that foreiifii power, Instead of saying things'that will make people stare and wonder, say what will keep them from staring and wondering hereafter. This is philosophy.Tity It. No kisses are half so sweet as those given at the making u.i of a epiarrel. "Interesting events" arc occasions when a nurse takes absolute possession of tho honse, and the husband sleeps on tho sofa- A man in love may be likened to a fly in a spider's web, entangle-1 in one of the most fragile eubstance-s, yet the most diflieult from which to escape. Cymburga, wife of the duke truest of Luthinia, could crack nuts between her fingers, and elrivo nails into the wall with her thumb; whether she ever got her husband under it is not recorded. fcunart Hoy "Say, yam, bub was inriuirmg after you." Nam "Bub? what bubi" Smart Bos "Beelz bub!" Virtue without talent is a coat ul mail without a swoid; it may defend the wearer, but will not: enable him to uroteet his friend. The gaa-mau can make gas-light in your house, but a wife can make sun shine. V Hat is iiiat winch no one v.ihct to have, aud no on- wishes to lose? A bald head. "Thai's my business!" as the butch er said to the Uog that was killing his sheep. Be careful not to provoke an eneinv as yon would cteer safely near a dangerous reef. A snake's tongue is not half so bitd as a cross woman's, for, although it runs out prodigiously, there's no flat ter to it. The reward of villains is various. some ol them are lung, others cropped and branded others elected to officj. Tho Egyptian. Carpenter. Tho wui'kmi'n of Egypt, in tho days their work. In earoenfrv the Eirvt- .tiiim of old gtvntly excelled; (Ji- ;iiiocJe of joining boards tog her j worthy of remark, combining m k did tivngfli and neatness. When two jboarda arc joined together on edge, by jctir modern carpenters, they frequent. I each of the flat pins. I'hm the poem-uses were exhausted. : biHf y 0f ,,,, iuint onninfr Z. ,.n,. ,.,,,,', i , , . Mi prevented. Ik saw, tho chisel, ; .... , ' were well known to fhe E-n-ntiana of the time of Moses, as wcro the pro cesses ot veneering and dovetailing. There is no doubt, either, that 3300 years ago the gluepot was in reouisi-tinn in the workshops of Aleir phisand Thebes. Early Walking. Walking, for young and active poo pie. is by far the best exercise; riding w good for the elderlv. the. middle! ingc (1, and invalids. The abuse of j these exercises consists in taking them j iu.u thc 8yat)?m ifJ uxhau8te(1 0f less by previous fasting or by mental labor. Borne persons injudiciously attempt a long walk before breakfast, nndcrtho belief that it is conducive to health. Others will get up early to work three hours at some abstruse, mental toil. The effect ia both in-stances is the same: it subtract from j the powers of cxertiou in tho after ! I day. A short saunter, or i , bSbt rc""';g More this meal, is the best indulgence of the kind; otherwise the waste occasioned by labor must be supplied by nourishment, and the breakfast will necessarily becomo a heavy meal, and the whole morning's comfort sacrificed by a weight at the eh. 'St from imperfect digestion of too l. These observations apply espe- ' . P00"' u'" are Pne to flatter themselves into the Iwsu;ision that they can nse their mental or bodily powers in age as in youth. ' " . .. Dome. A home! It is the bright, blessod, "llor",,, Pha"n which sits highest uu uic Bunny norizo tiiatgiideth lifo. When shall it be readied? It is not the house, though that mav havo ita charms; not the field, carefully tilled. and streaked with your footpaths; nor tne trees, though their shadows bo to vonliko that of a "great reick in weary land;" nor yet is it the fireside, with its eosey comfort nor the pictures, which tell of loved ones nor the book ; but more than all these, it is the presence 'Ihe altar of your confidonco is thero, and adoring it a'J, and sending your blood in passionate flow, is the ccstacy of the conviction that there, at least, you aro beloved; that there ytm aro understood; th'at there your errors will rne ,t evon with gentle forgiveness; that there you may unburden your soul, fearless of harsh, unsympathisingears.'aud there you may be entirely and joyfully yourself. Light Beading. Tl;er in a call for "iight reading," and I lor one applmid the demand. A lightening influence is the best that books or men can bestow uon us. Inform ition is good, but invigoration is a thousand limea better. Cheer; the vigjr of the world's h.an I It is beciiuio mau'a htpe is so low, and hia imagination so poor, (hat he is earthly and evil. Wings for theso un-fledyed heartt ! Traus.Wiation for the it grubs I OivM um animation, faspirutiou, joy faith I Give us e i.l. veiling, light, e mo uira, to hicu o.ir souls a nil on a sudden, begin to dunce, keeping etep with the an-geln 1 VVht else is worth having? Each on of these sordid sous of men is li not b new-born Apolio, who wait only for the ambroiia from Olympus, to spiiajr forth in divineness of beauty and strenutK. D JCJT'I know I am a per ect bear In my manners said a young fine farmer to hit sweet heart. 'No, indeed you are not. Join; you have never hugged me yet'.- i ou are moro hep than bear.'